MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Flexographic Tech took home the Gold award for the College Student Category of Flexographic Technical Association’s 2018 Excellence in Flexography Awards. Student Aaron Pitt (Computype) from Flexographic Tech’s 12-week Press Operator Course produced the award-winning card. The winning holiday card was printed on both sides of 8pt tag (supplied by Avery Dennison). The black […]

Mae West once said, “If a little is great and a lot is better, then way too much is just about right.” While she was talking about quantity, the sentiment embodies the feeling underlying the trend of premiumization, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as the process of making a brand or product appeal to […]

OEGSTGEEST, the Netherlands—The increasingly interactive and interconnected network of “smart” devices, commonly referred to as the “Internet of Things” (IoT), is reshaping how we all experience our daily lives. Avery Dennison, which has been working to pioneer change for decades, has developed a portfolio of intelligent label solutions—meaning label applications that can store or capture […]

OEGSTGEEST, the Netherlands—To drive home its Labelexpo theme of “Pioneering Change,” Avery Dennison decided showing was better than telling: The global label maker will present a booth made in part from recycled label waste—the first ever at Labelexpo. Renae Kezar, Avery Dennison’s global senior director of sustainability, said the booth was a fun and visible […]

Four days… 30 hours… nine halls… 700 exhibitors… 375,000 sq. ft., covered by both machinery and materials… 35,000 attendees, all eager to establish a competitive edge. These are the defining marks of Labelexpo Europe 2017. The event, set for Sept. 25-28 at Belgium’s Brussels Expo, is forecast to break all records posted over the last […]